Hose-supporter button.



No. 851,980. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

E. GLBARY. HOSE SUPPORTER BUTTON.

APPLIUATION FILED APBJZ. 1906.

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- UNITED s ATEs ATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD CLEARY OF BRID EPORT,CONNECTICUT; AssIeNOn To Tin: CONNECTICUT WEB COMPANY, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, A

- CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

HOSE-SUPPQRTER BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1 967.

Application illed April 12, 1906. SeriilNo. 311,293.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, EDWARD CLEARY, a citlzen of the United States, and a resident of Brid iort, in the county of Fairfield and State 0 l button for such supporters, which' maybe produced fromtwo parts in an inexpens ve and .ractic'al manner; to produce a button .whic in appearance will resemble a more expensive construction and which will be equally as durable and likewise as desirable rovide a button the back-portion of.-whic may be formed of metal with "means for its attachment to a web, and a head portion of softer material,

. which will not injure the garment, and is likewise adapted to be finished in various colors and in imitation of rubber, celluloid or fabric as desired.

Upon the accompanying drawings formmg a part of this specification similar numerals.

of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures and of which,

Figure 1, shows a perspective view of my improved button attached to a web and com bined with a loop member, with which it is adapted to be used. Fig. 2, is a detached planview of the button. Fig 3, is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 4, a transverse Vertical cross section takenon line 44: of

Fig. 2.

The button as before stated is formed of but two parts, with improved means for connecting one with the other, so designed as to permit of its production and assembling in the cheapest possible manner consistent with a first class and practical button.

Referring in detail to the characters of reference marked u on the drawing, 5 represents a webbing o the usual or any referred kind, 6 a loop pivotally connecte thereto having the usual enlarged upper portion 7 and a narrow throat or pocket 8 adapted to receive the head of a button when connected as inthe engagement-of a hose.

9 represents the base of the button, which as shown is formed of sheet metal, liaving transverse slots 1010 through which the before mentioned webbing- 5 isvthreaded and f attached in the eustomary'way. The intermediate portion of this 'base member 8 .is

struck up to form a central annular hollow shank 11 that/is preferably narrower through its top than its base and, which forms a socket for the top member.

s .1 2 indicates the top member of the button which is preferably formed of wood or like soft material and comprises an enlarged oval head portion 13 and a reduced round stem portion '14 adapted to snugly fit in the socket of the annular shank portion, with its lower end finished even with the under. side of the base plate.

The parts are retained together in this'po sition by means of one or more punched 1' ndentations 15 formed in the side of the circular shank portion in a way to force the metal of said shank portion into the stem of the wood member, or said parts may be held together,

by cramping the u per edge 16 of the shank against the stem tius further reducing the upper diameter of the shank portion in a way to firmly rasp the; stem. By forming the shank of t 1e button larger through its base thanits top the loo will slip up toward the head and more snug y hold the fabric against the under side thereof. The top or wood. member of the button is enameled to form a finish which can .be produced in imitation of rubber, leather, fabric or other materials, and likewise produces a slightly yield able engagement for the material, besides forming a more desirable frictionalv engagement for said material than is obtainable by the use of a nickelplated or other finished metal head,

The base member of the bu t-ton can be Inexpensively produced by a single operation,

and the wood member which is obviously first turned up, can likewise be assembled and attached by a single additional operation which materially decreases the cost of producing a button of this kind. I

' In the use of my button, when applied as shown in the accompanying drawing, the

same is placed under .t 1e edge of the garment to which it is to be attached, the loop member drawn down over the head (if-the fabric covered button, and'then the throat of the 4 firmly engage and clamp the fabric over the and additional indentations in the side of the button and intermediate of it and the loop. shank to engage the stem of head. 7

Having thus described-my invention What Si ned at Bridgeport, in the county of I 5 5 I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- Fairheld, and State of Connecticut this 6th en} is :-1 b h .b day of April, A. D., 1906.

na 1086 su orter utton t e corn ination With a wdh zlen head having a reduced EDWARD A stem, of a sheet metal base late having an o annular shank portion struch up therefrom to receive the stem of the head and having its loop drawn up under the head in a Way to I upper annular edge forced into the said stem,

Witnesses:

O. M. NEWMAN, RUTH-V RAYMOND 

